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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786955703321

Autore

Bernstein Mary

Titolo

The Marrying Kind? [[electronic resource] ] : Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4529-3962-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TaylorVerta

Disciplina

323.3/264

Soggetti

Same-sex marriage - United States

Gay rights - United States

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Family & Marriage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

As the fight for same-sex marriage rages across the United States and lesbian and gay couples rush to marriage license counters, the goal of marriage is still fiercely questioned within the LGBT movement. Rarely has an objective so central to a social movement's political agenda been so controversial within the movement itself. While antigay forces work to restrict marriage to one man and one woman, lesbian and gay activists are passionately arguing about the desirability, viability, and social consequences of same-sex marriage. The Marrying Kind? is the first boo